Screen attachment for windshields



Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEg 1 -1 ERsEY s'r. [PIERRE AND JOSEPH BELL, or"cnrclieqinnmorsi"j scnnnn ATTACHMENT. non-wmnsnrnnnss Application nia n6vembe r1o,:192a :Serial No.'674,ocs.- "f

To altar/10mit'may (once/"n I p Be it known that we, PnnsBY .5T. P nnnn and JosnrH BaLL, c t1Zens of the lfnited States, residingat Chicago, in the county.

of Cook and State "of Illinois, ha\'e 'invented ings; 5 I

This invention relates to accessories or at: tachments for automobiles and has for ts object the provisionfof .a' screen designed to v be engagedfupOn. the Windshield of an auto-.5 mobile for the purpose of preventing. nsects,

attracted by the head lightsor'drawn along by suction, frdm, entering the car and strik-Y ing the driverorother "occupants. v tis well known that whe traveling in an 'automobile, especially at night, insects pass through the fopenlwindshield and strikeagainst the .face, hands andho dyQo-f the driver or other occupants, and frequently occurs that bites" and stings result in addi'- tion to the annoyanceand. danger caused bythe striking of the insectsagainst the eyes of the driven W'ear e aware that. devices have been employed for screening the wind.- shields' but these existing structures have the disadvantage of necessitating. alighting W of'the driver toeflect'manipulationofthe screen toopen or closedpositionjthis defect occurring principally on accountfof the fact that the screens arelocated eateriorly of the,

windshield. 1

It is with the above facts in view that .we have designed the present screen attachment which'is located interiorly of thecar and which is so constructed and arranged as to.

be capable of attachment to, cars of any make, the screen proper being; furthermore so formed 'as' to accommodate the hinged edge of the windshield pane. when it is swung into open positionj f f. Another obj act is the provision of a'screen attachment of this characterwwhich has the further advantage of actingas a glare shield to prevent the driver from be'ing'blinded the glaring headli hts ofa 'iproachingcars,

An additional 0 ject is the provision of a device of this-character, vvhich'will be sim-' ple and inexpensive in manufacture and installation, easy to adjust, positive in action, eflicient and durable in service, and a general improvement in the art. 1

With the above and other objects and adtrated in; the/accompanying.drawings 'i'ni '.Whl(IllZ '1 v certain new and useful Improvements in Screen Attachments for .Windshie1ds,, of. which the'follo'wing isla specification, refer ence being. had to the accompanying draw} windshield in open position, and; f Figure-,4: is a detailaperspective tviewi on of the supporting-brackets. 1

ing the letter 2 A designates the upri'ght sidef bars of; anautomobilewindshield between/1 1 from in such position thatv they will project vantages in view, the. invention consists in Figure 2 cross sectionz rthrough v forward portion ,of-the-icar looking toward the ,Windshield and showing the attachment 1n] lace;;

igure 3'is arnvertidal section through the' windshield and the attachment showing the Referr ng .more' particularly to the drawf which are pivotallymountedthe panesor jwindshieldsections Band; C. 1It."i 911 l v knownthat the windshield sections'are' capagenerally y f s mounted that when -j. Opened the nge fledges project consider i jably into the carE'Or-uinWardIy of the/plane i of the upright bars A, this 'factrpreventingf' the use ofa flatscreenwdisposableagainst the inside of the windshield framewj I In carrying out the. present-inventionwe provide a pair ofcurvedtor angular b'ra'ck-I- ets 10 which are provided at their forward ends-with clamps" 11,101 equivalent fastening 190 means, adapted to hex-engaged upon the up right bars .A- of the'windshield so that the-' brackets'ivill be; adequately supported ther'ea 1 into the interior of the car to a' certain" ex-ff tent. Whilethe brackets are illustrated as being angular, it is obvious that they might r -.be constructed in some other shape and also hfllfi) y e of: any desired size, mate-I rialandfinish," depending upon the tastes of the individual manufacturer. 1 Throughout their lengths the'brackets lO' are formed'with longitudinal-slots 12 for a purposeto be de- 1- s c-ribedr =Whi;le theebrackets are'shown and..- described as equipped 'with clamp's forsecuringjthe windshield bars A it should be understood that if preferred they mightl- 'be equipped with mere attaching feet which 'could be screwed or otherwise fastened to the opposite sides of the windshield openi'n in case the device is installed upon a car 0 the sedan type V ets and which enter threaded holes inthe ends 14: of-the screen frame, These screws The screen. proper comprises a frame 13 which is rectangular when viewed from the preferably bracedby triangular plates 16 and the entire frame is covered with screen wire 17 of any desired materlal.

To efl ect IIIOUIIEIIIO we rovide screws 18 which pass through the slots 12 in the brackare' so' arranged and. mounted that when screwed tightly into their sockets they will bear against the brackets: 10' and operate to hold the screen, in" any desired adjusted position. i I

Thescreen is, so disposed with respect ,to

the brackets that the. concaved or rear-" wardly curved portions 15 willpaccommodate the hinged edge tion when the windshield is open so that the line of the screen I close to the plane ofthe windshield instead of projecting a great being inthe way of the operator.= Quite natu- 'rally the screen'must be: adjusted into such any adjustment of the' position that .it will span the opening left byswinging-a windshield section into its open position so as to exclude all insects-which glare of approaching headlights so that the operator may see the road clearly and may avoid running, offatthe edge colliding withan approaching car.. A distinct featureof advantage is that in case screen such may be accomplished from the inside of the car so that the driver need not alight nor even stop.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawing it will be apparent that we have thus provided a simplyconstructed and easily installed attachment which will be highly eflicient for the purpose specified and-which onaccount of its simplicity and fewne'ss ofparts is not likely to get out of order so that it shouldgive entire satisfaction tothose'having occasion to employ its services.

I Whilewe have shown and described thepreferred embodiment of the inventionpit of the windshield sec may lie comparatively distance inwardly and I In actual 1 thereof or s necessary ry1ng clamping means ,in said slots and adapted is to be understood that we reserve the right to make such changes in the'form, construcnection with the sides of a vehicle windvertically upon shield, and a screen covered frame and angularly adjustablyf mounted said brackets and disposed inwardly of the windshield whereby to span the opening when a windshield sect-ion is opened, the upper. p'ortionof said screen frame being curved away from the windshield whereby to accommodate the hinged edge of a section in open position." i i 2. A windshield attachment comprising a pair of angular brackets equipped with means for connection with the side bars of a 'windshield frame and arrangedto extend into the vehicle, said brackets being formed with elongated slots, ascreen covered frame disposed betweensaid brackets and located at the inside of the windshield, and screws passing through said slots and into the 0pposite ends of said frame for-holding the screen in adjusted position, the screen having a curved portion accommodating the hinged edgeof a windshield sect-ion when a section is 'swungto open position.

3. A windshield attachment comprising brackets formed for connection with the opposite sides of a windshield frame, a'screen covered frame pivotally andslidably mounted upon said brackets and extending across vthe inside of the windshield, the screen having a curved portion accommodating the inner. edge of a windshield section when the latter'is swung into open position.

4. A device of the character described comprising a pair of L -shaped brackets carand engageable upon the sides of a windshield tially vertically extending slots, and a screen frame pivotallyand slidably mounted withto span the opening resulting from swinging a windshield section into open position, the screen frame having its upper edge curved to permit opening of the windshield section without interference. therewith, i

In testimony whereof we hereunto a-lfix our signatures. v

PERSEY ST. PIERRE. JOSEPH E. BELL.

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